Read articles, watch video clips, look at artifacts & listen sound clips of detailed summary showcasing the Apartheid Era timeline in the well documented Apartheid Museum.
Drive & stop past iconic landmarks in Soweto through the township houses including the Orlando Towers, Klip Town Square Freedom Charter, Nelson Mandela House Museum, Desmond Tutu House & the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
The Vilakazi street craft market has a variety of vendors with different gifts to choose from.
The prisons detained the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, and Robert Sobukwe, Nelson & Winnie Mandela. This 60-minute highlights tour comes to the heart of what Constitution Hill is all about, exploring the precinct’s complex history, its mutations through time, the humiliations and injustices to which its inmates were subjected, and explaining why the court’s presence in this place is so meaningful.
Braamfontein which is widely regarded as a student neighbourhood & home to Africa's number one ranked University of Witwatersrand. The Playground (on Saturdays only is a walk through Craft & Arts Market in Braamfontein). Drive over the Nelson Mandela Bridge & pass Bree Taxi Rank & Newtown. The Chancellor House Mandela & Tambo Attorneys building to read the 5-minute overview timeline summary displayed on the window panels.
for the 1st part of the morning from 9 am. A true sense of what life was like during the racial segregation era was skillfully put together by Historians, Journalists, Filmmakers & various other organisations who had access to the relevant materials & real artefacts. NB: Please be advised that the tour operator (Explore Joburg) is NOT liable for any operational closures of the Apartheid Museum should the museum be closed without notice. An alternative 2hr Museum experience is "The Constitution Hill", home of the Constitution Court of South Africa, Men's Prison #4, and Women's Jail which detained political & activists like Winnie & Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukwe & Gandhi. It is also home to the Old Fort built by the Boer President Paul Kruger in the late 1800s to fend off the British Soldiers.
000 seated fan capacity was home to the World Cup 2010 Soccer tournament.
A breakdown of the symbolic structures & what they represent & what life is like today for the average Sowetan.
on his life with his first wife Evelyne & then Winnie. Detailed information is shared by the enthusiastic site guides who will walk you through the different parts of the house.
who curate a 10min walking presentation with an opportunity for questions and answers. See how the challenging unemployment situation is affecting real people on the ground. Learn how they survive and make ends meet on a daily basis & feel free to bring any form of gift to assist them directly.
it plays for the Soweto residents & international medical research academics.
Please make use of the provided cellphone number to communicate a night before the day of your activity. Opportunities to buy hand made craft items at markets in Soweto will be available. Wear comfortable walking sneakers, sunscreen & a hat or cap is recommended. Eat before the tour to get you more time to see things.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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